L'Wren Scott - After a long bout of depression, Scott took her own life in Manhattan back in 2014. She was in a relationship with Mick Jagger, who said "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way."

Mychael Knight - The German-born American designer rose to fame on 'Project Runway,' making it to the final. He went on to launch his own label, and earned high praise for his fashion lines and collections.

The tragic deaths of famous fashion designers

Fashion designer Isabel Toledo recently died aged 59

Fashion is a tough industry. It's a market based on both connections and an ever-changing ideal of beauty. That said, there have been plenty of fashion pioneers who have managed to excel in the industry, despite the difficulty. Sadly, those pioneers seem to often meet a tragic end, with many designers dying in particularly sad and strange ways. Designers have been gunned down, shamed for their illnesses, and died in mysterious circumstances. Click on to meet the designers who have died in particularly tragic ways.